December 10, 2020 The Honourable Stephen Lecce Provincial Minister of Education, Prime Minister of Canada 5th Floor, 438 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 2K8 The Honourable Christine Elliott Provincial Minister of Health 5th Floor, 777 Bay Street Toronto, ON M7A 2J3 The Honourable Ernie Hardeman Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 11th Floor, 77 Grenville Street Toronto, ON M5S 1B3 Dear Prime Minister Lecce, Minister Elliott and Minister Hardeman: Re: Bill 216 Food Literacy for Students Act, 2020 On December 2, 2020, at a regular meeting of the Board for the Timiskaming Health Unit, the Board reviewed a briefing note, which can be accessed here, regarding Bill 216 Food Literacy for Students Act, 2020 and subsequently passed the following motion: MOTION #48R-2020 Moved by: Maria Overton Seconded by: Casey Owens BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Health endorse Bill 216 Food Literacy for Students Act, 2020, which includes curriculum guidelines for courses that offer experiential food literacy education for students from grade 1 to grade 12, and FURTHER THAT a copy of this endorsement be forwarded to; MPP, alPHa, Ontario Dietitians in Public Health and School Nutrition Workgroup, Food Policy Council for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and MPP Hastings-Lennox and Addington. CARRIED Sincerely, Carman Kidd, Chair Timiskaming Board of Health cc John Vanthof, MPP Cochrane-Timiskaming Loretta Ryan, Executive Director, Association of Local Public Health Agencies Elizabeth Smith, Co-chair, Ontario Dietitians in Public Health and School Nutrition Workgroup Dianne Dowling, Chair, Food Policy Council for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Daryl Kramp, MPP Hastings-Lennox and Addington Ontario Boards of Health .